Head of Pricing - Personal Lines

Blackwater Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackwater Recruitment seeks a Head of Pricing to lead end-to-end pricing for our personal lines products in Australia. You will craft pricing strategy, guide modelling initiatives, and oversee a technical pricing team to optimise profitability and market performance.

The role requires FIAA or equivalent, 15+ years in general insurance with emphasis on pricing, analytics, and project leadership; expertise in GLMs, SQL, Python, Earnix or Radar is highly desirable; location Brisbane or Sydney.

Qualifications

• Must hold FIAA or equivalent qualification, with credentials.
• 15+ years in general insurance, focusing on pricing strategy, advanced analytics and leading projects.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and complex problem-solving abilities in pricing contexts.
• Excellent data integrity practices and meticulous development and execution of pricing models.
• Understanding of statistical modelling techniques, especially predictive modelling (GLMs).
• Knowledge of risk management principles integrated into analytical work and project frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for model development, data manipulation and automation; experience with Earnix or Radar.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end pricing for personal lines products.
• Manage and develop a technical pricing team to improve profitability and market performance.
• Direct pricing strategy development and implementation to mitigate financial risks.
• Incorporate risk management principles into pricing analytics and project delivery.
• Collaborate with actuarial and data teams to ensure data integrity and robust models.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Advanced analytics

Project leadership

Analytical thinking

Data integrity

Statistical modelling

Risk management

Education

FIAA or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Python

Earnix

Radar

Job description

Role Description

The Head of role will lead the end-to-end pricing of the company’s personal lines products. To be successful in this role, the Head of Pricing should have solid technical skills and an ability to lead a technical team.

Ultimately, the Head of Pricing will lead technical pricing to enhance profitability, optimise market performance, and proactively mitigate financial risks. This role can be based in Brisbane or Sydney.

You will need:

• Qualified fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIAA or equivalent)
• 15+ years general insurance industry experience, with a strong focus on pricing strategy,
• advanced analytics, and leading projects.
• Proven analytical, critical thinking, and complex problem-solving capability, particularly in identifying new opportunities and addressing challenges within pricing contexts.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a meticulous approach to data integrity, model development, and project execution, ensuring accuracy and precision in all deliverables.
• Clear understanding of statistical modelling techniques, and, in particular, predictive modelling approaches (e.g. GLMs).
• Strong risk awareness and experience in integrating risk management principles into analytical methodologies and project frameworks.
• Expert in advanced statistical programming languages and tools (e.g., SQL, Python) for model development, data manipulation, and automation. Experience with specialised pricing software (e.g., Earnix, Radar).